We rescued an older dachshund one time, A man threw her out of the window in a parking lot so my mom went over and coaxed her into the car. We named her Dancer because she was dumped in Dancer's parking lot. Well anyway, we took her to the vet who said she was about 12...We had her for about a week and then my dad's friend who had their dachshund just die took her in and named her Sadie!!